Synthesis and different optical properties of Gd^sub 2^O^sub 3^ doped sodium zinc tellurite glasses

A series of Gd2O3 doped sodium zinc tellurite [xGd2O3-(0.8-x) TeO2-0.1Na2O-0.1ZnO] glasses are prepared by the conventional melt quenching method and their optical properties have been studied. UV-vis spectrophotometric studies within the wavelength range from 230 nm-800 nm are carried out in the integrating sphere mode to study the effect of Gd2O3 doping on the optical band gap (Eg), refractive index (n), dielectric constant (εr) and susceptibility (X). Other physical properties like molar volume, molar refraction, polarizability, metallization criterion, number density of rare-earth ions (N), polaron radius (rp), inter ionic distance (ri), molar cation polarizability (Σai), number of oxide ions in chemical composition (NO2-), optical band gap based electronic oxide ion polarizability (aO2-) and optical basicity (∧) of glass samples have been studied on the basis of UV-vis spectra and density profile of the different glasses.